maccus Copy link Outline I. a buffoon, punchinello, macaroni, in the Atellane playsII. Transf., a simpleton, blockhead ⓘmaccum | que: masc acc sg · masc gen pl (poetic) • maccus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. μῶκος, mockery; also Μῶμος], I. a buffoon, punchinello, macaroni, in the Atellane plays: in Atellana Oscae personae inducuntur, ut maccus, Diom. p. 488 P.; cf. Inscr. Orell. 2621.— II. Transf., a simpleton, blockhead: macci et buccones, App. Mag. p. 325, 30.
maccus Copy link ⓘmaccum | que: masc acc sg · masc gen pl (poetic) • maccus, ī, m., un des personnages traditionnels des atellanes, sorte de niais grotesque analogue à Polichinelle : Diom. 490, 20 || un niais, un polichinelle, un imbécile : Apul. Apol. 81.